The Katarina moored in the Aura river in Turku in 2011
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Builder | William Lindberg's Shipyard , Sweden |
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Type | Floating restaurant, former steam passenger ferry |
Length | 29.69 m (97 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
The Katarina is a floating restaurant, and former steam ship, that was built in 1869 at Stockholm in Sweden. Sailing under her original name of Fredriksborg on the route through the Stockholm archipelago from Stockholm to Vaxholm, she was the Waxholmsbolaget's first propeller-driven steam ship. After being sold by the Waxholmsbolaget in 1882, she operated in various roles under the names Höganäs, Mariehamn, Stella, Wirumaa, Kullervo and André before acquiring her current name in 1985. Today she is a floating restaurant moored in the Aura river in Turku, Finland.[1]